James Munoz
To be or not to be.. A realtor
Hello, BP family! I have been surrounding myself with real estate since November of last year. I have learned many things a long the way. One thing for sure is that you will learn very quickly whether real estate is f...
Tiberiu Gurau
Bitcoin to Real Estate with 1031?
I'm expecting BTC to hit $250k in the next year and am wondering if its possible to transfer this into multiple properties to avoid capital gains and/or income tax (assuming I'm right about the price of BTC, of course).
Lance Dutson
Really really really low appraisal
Hi all - First post here, but wanted to thank everyone for all the great advice in these forums.I'm looking at purchasing a lakefront property in rural Maine. We've worked through the process for months and now, about...
Stephen Kiser
On week 2 of direct mail campaign ..
Hello everyone, After 1.5 years of selling residential real estate and being stuck in analysis paralysis I started a direct mail campaign. My goal is to get my phone ringing with motivated sellers. I want to be able t...
Rachel Dunham
Putting a Business Together AFTER that Great Deal...
Before unloading my barrel of questions, let me get you all up to speed with what we've done so far...My story begins many moons ago, but I'll skip ahead to the key points. My husband and I bought an ugly townhouse a...
Jordan White
Christmas gift for tenant... good idea?
Thinking of giving my tenants a small Christmas gift this year and want to know your thoughts. More of a small "Thank You for your business" - thinking a $25 gift card for the local grocery store and a box of chocola...
Inga Fonder
Analyzing a SFH House Hack in Central IL
I looked at a single story 4/2 ranch style home with a garage that is currently listed at $89.9k, and was originally listed at $100k. The house was built in 1978 and looks to be in good condition, with some improvemen...
Charity Chavez
San Diego Bans Source of Income Discrimination - 3rd party payers
SAN DIEGO LANDLORDS! Are you aware you can't reject an applicant for having a 3rd party payer? As of August 2018 the City of San Diego has made it illegal to discriminate based on source of income.https://nlihc.org/ar...
Joshua Dorkin
BiggerPockets App on Android - One of the BIG Problems
EDIT: 2/24/16 We now have a working BP Android App and have had one for the past few months - Get your copy today.
I've gotten a lot of grief from many users over our not building our mobile app in Android yet and w...
Ryan Chase
House Hacking Help
My name is Ryan, and I just joined BP this week. I want to get into REI and I'm looking for some help figuring out whether/how to pull off a house hack. We currently own a 3bd/2ba split level, appraised around $168K t...